The gardener's eye

The Gardener's Eye

Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Best of English Gardens 2011

Great Dixter

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Hidcote Manor Garden

Oudolf's Glasshouse Borders at Wisley

I am pleased to report that I will be assisting my good friend, Mick Induni, on a tour of English gardens from May 17-26. I helped Mick out in 2007 and am delighted to return to Britain to visit some of my favorite gardens including Great Dixter, Hidcote, Sissinghurst, Stourhead and Wilsey to name a few. My role will be, as Mick puts it, a sort of “horticultural expert'' to compliment the exceptional British tour guides who will be leading the tours. For a complete itinerary, see Mick's website at The Best of English Gardens.

We will also be in London for the Chelsea Flower Show. With exhibits designed by cutting-edge gardeners like Cleve West and Luciano Giubbilei, Chelsea will be a nice contrast to the historic gardens we will be visiting. You can follow their exhibit construction and design process on the Chelsea Flower Show Blog.

Mick's has a wide range of extraordinary tours on the other side of the pond. For more information, check out his website, Discover Europe.

10 comments:

You're certainly visiting some of Britain's best and the weather should be wonderful. For more information on some of those you're visiting, check out my garden directory:http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/01/last-day-of-christmas-garden-directory.htmlAnd it'll give you a taster! All best and enjoy. Charlotte

I wish I could go with you. I'd love to see Great Dixter. I saw Sissinghurst & Wisley in 2009. I was really wowed. I visited Stourhead with my parents back in 1973 & remember it still. It was covered in the landscape design textbook I had in design school. I didn't realize it was famous then. I just thought it was strange & fascinating. It was the 1st time I had seen Gunnera.

Jordan,Maybe it's not too late??!! Great Dixter is amazing. I am really looking forward to seeing it again and what is new. Visiting all these great gardens, done so well, does raise the standard I expect of my own garden and the public ones I work on. The first impressions of gardens like these have been life changing experiences for me. Great to hear from you.

Michael, sounds like a great gig! Maybe we will cross paths there! We will be garden hopping in England from the 7th thru the 20th and likely at Dixter and Sissinghurst on the 18th and 19th. Who knows? Cheers, Joe.

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I am an optometrist by profession. I designed and maintained public gardens in Peterborough, NH for nearly two decades. I host garden tours of English Gardens for a tour company called Discover Europe. In 2016, I led a new tour that I designed called The Passionate Gardener. This blog is a chronicle of my gardening adventures.